Coleophora frankii Schmidt, 1886
Lepidoptera, Coleophoridae

from Toll (1962a)
case
Small (≤5 mm) tubular silken case, decorated with some length rows of fine sand grains. The case is tri-valved, mouth angle c. 45°.
hostplants
Asteraceae, narrowly monophagous
Galatella linosyris.
A reference by Szőcz (1981a) of “Aster punctatus” (= Galatella sedifolia) possibly applies to C. galatellae.
phenology
Larvae from June to September Hering (1957a).
BENELUX
Not known from the Benelux countries (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
distribution within Europe
From Germany to Italy, Croatia and Hungary (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
references
Baldizzone (1983d), Biesenbaum (1997a), Biesenbaum & van der Wolf (1999a), Hering (1928a, 1957a), Nel (1992c), Suire (1961a), Szőcs (1977a, 1981a), Toll (1962a).
08/02/2017
Last modified 17.vii.2017